ShuttlePro, was Cinema display..

[sb]

another vote for the Contour ShuttlePro from me.
I don't like the FCP keyboards at all, but if you're not comfortable with
the built-in TiBook keyboard, just get a standard keyboard ($50 or less) and
the shuttlepro.

my .02

sb

On 11/25/02 9:10 AM, "Frank Wiewandt" <fwphoto at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Richard Brown writes:
> 
>> I recently did NOT purchase the 23" Cinema Display, in favor of a
> 22"
>> CRT for about $2,700 less money. When I was considering the Cinema
>> Display, I ONLY considered the 23" as it has vastly better specs as
> to
>> graphics work.
> 
> Better specs that a high-end CRT? Just asking as I totally agree with
> your decision.
> 
>> The single most important thing you can do for Final Cut
>> is to buy the Contour Shuttle Pro.
> 
> I've heard mixed reviews of the Shuttle Pro. Personally I'm thinking
> of getting a FCP optimized keyboard for use with my TiG4 PB. The
> Shuttle would definitely be more portable, though.
> 
>> However, it is absolutely crucial that you have an NTSC monitor
> online
>> all the time in FCP editing. It is the ONLY way to grade color if
> using
>> color correction, and the better the monitor, the better off your
>> results.
> 
> Yep, right on the money.
> 
>> I use a Sony Broadcast Monitor normally with SMPTE C Phosphors.
>> This allows setting to bars, and doing "standardized" color
> correction.
> 
> I would have gone with the Sony but my budget was already blown, so I
> ended up with a re-furb JVC TM-910SU instead. I haven't done a
> side-by-side comparison but the JVC has done the job for me both in
> the field & in the studio editing.
> 
>> If you look at DVCAM footage from a PD150 on such a monitor and a
> Beta
>> SP or DigiBeta on another monitor of the same ilk, the similarities
> so
>> outweigh the differences that when "going home," they could be
>> interchangeable. We have. No one noticed. Brave New World..
> 
> I've gota lot of experience with BetaSP & DVCPRO & totally agree.
> 
>> For cutting, short of color correction, using even just using the
> TiBook
>> for FCP is fine. Newer generation ADS Pyro Drives (the ones that
> DON'T
>> look like their industrial design comes from 1961) work perfectly
> for
>> DVCAM/DV streaming relative to FCP editing.
> 
> Do you capture straight to your FW drive? I recently got an OWC Elite
> FW drive, but haven't used it for a FCP project yet (soon, *very*
> soon! ;-). I've heard of problems capturing to the FW drive, but
> nothing spacific, just recomendations to capture to the internal
> drive, then copy it to the external. Also, are you using a deck or the
> Pd150 to feed to TiG4 PG?
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Frank Wiewandt
> 
> 
> 
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